Sat, 18 Jun 2005
Birds in the garden // at 23:59
“Hey, what's that?” was the cry at breakfast. A pair of Black-faced cuckoo-shrikes (Coracina novaehollandiae) were flying about the garden, from the washing line to the gum tree to the apricot and back. Ok, it must be about time that I wrote down all the birds we've seen in — or above — our garden. The following table is from the Monash city council, I've added in a column for our house!
Bird species. An asterisk (*) denotes an exotic species.
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Mill road! | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | ||||
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | ||||
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula ventralis | ||||
| Australian Wood Duck | Chenonetta jubata | ||||
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | ||||
| Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea | ||||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | ||||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | ||||
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | ||||
| Black-fronted Dotterel | Elseyornis melanops | ||||
| Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera | ||||
| Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes | ||||
| *Spotted Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | + | |||
| *Rock Dove | Columba livia | + | |||
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | + | |||
| Musk Lorikeet | Glossopsitta concinna | ||||
| Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus funereus | ||||
| Galah | Eolophus roseicapillus | ||||
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | + | |||
| Eastern Rosella | Platycercus eximius | ||||
| Crimson Rosella | Platycercus elegans | ||||
| Red-rumped Parrot | Psephotus haematonotus | ||||
| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae | ||||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | ||||
| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | ||||
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | ||||
| Red Wattlebird | Anthochaera carunculata | + | |||
| Little Wattlebird | Anthochaera chrysoptera | ||||
| Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala | + | |||
| Bell Miner | Manorina melanophrys | ||||
| White-plumed Honeyeater | Lichenostomus penicillatus | + | |||
| Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | ||||
| Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla | ||||
| Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata | ||||
| Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus | ||||
| Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus | ||||
| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | ||||
| White-browed Scrub-wren | Sericornis frontalis | ||||
| Superb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus | ||||
| Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca | ||||
| Grey Fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa | ||||
| Willie Wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | ||||
| Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis | ||||
| Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | + | |||
| Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum | ||||
| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | ||||
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | + | |||
| Grey Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus | + | |||
| Red-browed Finch | Neochmia temporalis | ||||
| Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina | ||||
| Grey Currawong | Strepera versicolor | ||||
| Australian Raven | Corvus coronoides | + | |||
| Little Raven | Corvus mellori | ||||
| *Common Blackbird | Turdus merula | + | |||
| *Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | ||||
| *Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | + | |||
| *Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | + | |||
| *House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | + | |||
| *Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Mill road! |
|---|---|---|
| Long-billed Corella | Cacatua tenuirostris | + |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | + |
| Silver gull | Larus novaehollandiae | + |
| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | + |
